{"id":285661,"date":"2021-06-28T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-my-own-private-idaho-broke-boundaries-for-queer-cinema\/"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:15:09","slug":"how-my-own-private-idaho-broke-boundaries-for-queer-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-my-own-private-idaho-broke-boundaries-for-queer-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"#How &#8216;My Own Private Idaho&#8217; Broke Boundaries for Queer Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e6e0cb7851\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e6e0cb7851\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-my-own-private-idaho-broke-boundaries-for-queer-cinema\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CSex_and_Love_in_My_Own_Private_Idaho%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cSex and Love in My Own Private Idaho\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-my-own-private-idaho-broke-boundaries-for-queer-cinema\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-my-own-private-idaho-broke-boundaries-for-queer-cinema\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How &#8216;My Own Private Idaho&#8217; Broke Boundaries for Queer Cinema<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay on the groundbreaking representation of queer sex and love in My Own Private Idaho.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Gus Van Sant<\/strong> has never strayed away from queer subject matter. Right out of the gate, Van Sant\u2019s feature film debut, 1986\u2019s <em>Mala Noche<\/em>, portrayed the unrequited love between a gay liquor store clerk and a Mexican immigrant. Van Sant, himself openly gay, would use the positive reception of his first feature, coupled with its even more successful follow-up <em>Drugstore Cowboy<\/em>, to pitch a film that is, arguably, his masterpiece:<strong>\u00a0<em>My Own Private Idaho<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Loosely adapting Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0<em>Henry IV<\/em>, the film tells of two gay hustlers: the disenfranchised, narcoleptic Mike Waters (<strong>River Phoenix<\/strong>) and Scott Favor (<strong>Keanu Reeves<\/strong>), the rebellious son of a politician. The pair <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> from Oregon to Idaho to Italy, turning tricks and taking drugs along the way.<\/p>\n<p>From the rearview mirror of 2021, it can be difficult to impress\u00a0<em>My Own Private Idaho<\/em>\u2018s significance with respect to the representation of gay men on-screen. Twenty years ago, the film marked a landmark moment in Hollywood\u2019s reckoning, not only with same-sex intimacy but same-sex love. The video essay below lays out why, exactly, <em>My Own Private Idaho\u00a0<\/em>deserves its reputation as a groundbreaking moment in Queer Cinema, a story of two men navigating love, grief, and youth, rather than merely being victimized or villainized.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CSex_and_Love_in_My_Own_Private_Idaho%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cSex and Love in My Own Private Idaho\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sex and Love in My Own Private Idaho by Ciara Johnson\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/506522318?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video on how\u00a0<em>My Own Private Idaho<\/em> broke barriers for queer cinema was made by<b> Ciara Johnson<\/b>. It was created as a\u00a0part of the \u201cPractice of Film Criticism\u201d module at the\u00a0<strong>University of Warwick Film &amp; TV Department<\/strong>. You can check out the UoW Film &amp; TV Department\u2019s other content on Vimeo\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user70827005\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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